Olympic gold medal training and preparation with Arild Tveiten | EP#304

That Triathlon Show

Mikael Eriksson

Health, Swimming, Endurancesports, Run, Cycling, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Ironman, Swim, Bike, Sports, Running, Sportscience, Triathlon

4.9 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Arild Tveiten is the head coach and sports director of the Norwegian Triathlon Federation. At the Olympics in Tokyo 2021, Kristian Blummenfelt, who has been coached by Arild for 11 years, took the gold medal in the men's individual event, and fellow Norwegian athletes Gustav Iden, Casper Stornes, and Lotte Miller finished 8th, 11th and 24th, respectively. Here, Arild makes his third appearance on That Triathlon Shown to discuss the specifics around training and preparing for the Tokyo Olympics, including heat preparation, tapering, race schedules, and much more. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: -How Arild viewed the Norwegian results in the triathlon events at the Olympics -Training camps and racing blocks in preparation for Tokyo -Tapering strategies -Heat preparation protocols -Preparing for the bike course with near-constant cornering and accelerations -Kristian's swim strategy to lose minimal time to the front pack -Arild's verdict on what went well in the preparations and what could be improved for Paris 2024 -The next big goals for the Norwegian team and individual athletes -Shifting training focus to long-course (half and full distance) racing SHOWNOTES: https://scientifictriathlon.com/tts304/ SCIENTIFIC TRIATHLON AND THAT TRIATHLON SHOW WEBPAGE: www.scientifictriathlon.com/podcast/ SPONSORS: ROKA - Exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits, trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses as well as prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses. Online vision test for prescription updates and home try-on options available for eyeglasses. Ships from the US, UK and EU. Trusted by world-leading athletes such as Lucy Charles-Barclay, Javier Gómez Noya, Flora Duffy, Morgan Pearson, Summer Rappaport and others in triathlon, cycling, speed skating, and many more. Visit roka.com/tts for 20% off your order. ZEN8 - The ZEN8 Indoor Swim Trainer is a tool for time-crunched triathletes looking to improve swim specific strength and technique. The swim trainer is a perfect complement to your training in the pool. On days when you don’t have time to go to the pool, you can now do a short but effective home-based workout on the trainer. It is inflatable, so doesn’t take up much space, and best of all, it is very affordable. Get 20% off your order at zen8swimtrainer.com/tts. LINKS AND RESOURCES: Arild's Instagram and Twitter profiles Arild Tveiten – coach of Kristian Blummenfelt, Gustav Iden and Casper Stornes on triathlon training the Norwegian way | EP#223 How Norway became a triathlon powerhouse with head coach Arild Tveiten | EP#154 RATE AND REVIEW: If you enjoy the show, please help me out by subscribing, rating and reviewing: www.scientifictriathlon.com/rate/ CONTACT: Want to send feedback, questions or just chat? Email me at mikael@scientifictriathlon.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

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0:00.0	The Traathlon Show, 304.
0:17.7	Hey, what's up, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of That Traathlon Show, the podcast presented by Scientific Traathlon.com.
0:27.0	I'm our host Michael, and on today's episode, I interview Ardil Twighten.
0:30.8	Adild is the head coach and sports director of the Norwegian Triathlon Federation.
0:35.3	If you followed the Olympics in Tokyo, this year we had Christian
0:39.3	Blumenfeld take home the gold medal in the men's individual event, and Christian has been
0:44.4	coached by Adild for 11 years. So we discussed with Adild at the preparation and training leading
0:50.1	into the Olympics for Christian and for his fellow Norwegian athletes, Gustaviden,
0:54.6	Kasper Storness and Lottemiller, who all finished in very respectable positions of 8th, 11th and
0:59.9	24th. We go into a lot of specifics regarding training and tapering and heat preparation and so on,
1:07.9	but if you want to hear more about the general Norwegian training strategy,
1:12.4	as we talk about a little bit or allude to in the episode, I have done a couple of episodes
1:17.1	with Adil before, episodes 154 and 223, where we go into, where we go in depth on that
1:24.2	general training approach that they have. So do check those out as well as the interview I did with Wulav Alexander Boo.
1:32.5	I can't remember the episode number, but I'll include the link in the show notes for that.
1:36.4	So you can check that out as well.
1:38.2	And that will give you a lot of information about the general training philosophy of Arildo and the
1:43.1	general region team.
1:46.3	But before we get into the interview, big thanks to our sponsors Roka. Roka produce exceptional quality triathlon wetsuits,
1:52.1	trisuits, swimskins, goggles, performance sunglasses, as well as prescription eyeglasses and
1:56.7	sunglasses. If you want to go faster in the water or on the bike, a Roka wetsuit or trisuit
2:02.3	might be for you, or if you just want to have a more comfortable, functional and stylish pair
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